Responding to the crisis
Food co-operatives and the solidarity economy in Greece
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2186708 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T Rakopoulos (0000-0003-1902-0274, University of Pretoria, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 102-107 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology Southern Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2332-3264 • E-ISSN: 2332-3256 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23323256.2013.11500048 |
| OpenAlex | W4246874811 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article discusses a case of popular social response to imposed austerity and recession in Greece. It focuses on the anti-middleman movement in an Athens suburb. It also addresses the broader picture of the current Greek crisis, explaining how participants in this grassroots response extend their activity beyond food distribution, beginning to imagine modes of economic conduct and interaction different from those currently dominant in Greece. I explore their efforts to turn the food market they have established in Athens into a formal co-operative which links consumers in their neighbourhood directly to selected farmers through bonds of solidarity, and to work with others to create a network of similar co-operatives which will span the whole country. I argue that their endeavours strongly resemble the co-operativism and practical socialism advocated by important social theorists such as Mauss and Polanyi, and suggest that it may be important for the young activists in Athens to learn more about their ideas
Austerity · Economics · Economy · Grassroots · Neighbourhood (mathematics · Political economy · Political science · Recession · Sociology · Solidarity · Solidarity economy · Cooperative Studies and Economics · Law · Political Economy and Marxism
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1969 - 2023 (55) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |